Grouse hunting 2023 - 2024
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 10:52 am
Our grand daughter was dropped off yesterday. As I was talking with her father outside, I saw a large bird trotting along by my trailer. It was a grouse. It ran across the front yard to some tall pines along the border with the neighbors.
We decided that if he had time, he'd take the dog out and we would hunt.
Late in the afternoon, we took the bird dog out and hunted. I brought the Stoeger 20 gauge coach gun with some #8 shot shells. Boy was that the right choice. We started out at his house, walked the edge of his property line to the top of the hill, across our common boundary and into our neighbors where we have his permission, and then across my pasture and back to his. Almost all of it off a trail. It is so thick, even without leaves, that I could hardly see more than 10 feet in front of me. Snow had stuck to all of the branches, but very little on the ground. Those short barrels were just the ticket in that brush.
No grouse, or other game spotted. I enjoyed the outing and will continue hunting on days that I can for the next few months.
We decided that if he had time, he'd take the dog out and we would hunt.
Late in the afternoon, we took the bird dog out and hunted. I brought the Stoeger 20 gauge coach gun with some #8 shot shells. Boy was that the right choice. We started out at his house, walked the edge of his property line to the top of the hill, across our common boundary and into our neighbors where we have his permission, and then across my pasture and back to his. Almost all of it off a trail. It is so thick, even without leaves, that I could hardly see more than 10 feet in front of me. Snow had stuck to all of the branches, but very little on the ground. Those short barrels were just the ticket in that brush.
No grouse, or other game spotted. I enjoyed the outing and will continue hunting on days that I can for the next few months.
